1. The American Revolution in Global Perspective

2. The Age of Revolution, 1776-1830 Enlightenment beliefs
Dissatisfaction with established governments/rulers

3. The French Revolution, 1789-1799
American Revolution and debt
Stamp Tax
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and the Constitution
Jacobinism/The Paris Commune
The Terror
Napoleon Bonaparte

4. Impact in the United States
The First Party System
Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans
Neutrality and the Citizen Genet Affair

5. The Haitian Revolution, 1791-1804
The American connection
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Slaves, free-coloreds, whites
Toussaint Louverture
Napoleon Bonaparte
The final stage: independence and the birth of Haiti

6. Impact in the United States
Relations with Saint-Domingue/Haiti
Louisiana Purchase

7. Revolutions in Spanish America, 1800-1830
Taxes and representation
Relations between Spain and the American colonies
Napoleon Bonaparte
Restoration of the Spanish king

8. Impact in the United States
The Monroe Doctrine
The Mexican-American War